Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Epacris browniae
Ericaceae Juss.
Epacris browniae Coleby , legitimate, scientific
Coleby, D. (13 April 2015), Epacris browniae (Ericaceae), a newly discovered shrub from the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia. Telopea 18: 68-71, Figs 1, 2 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Holotype: New South Wales: Central Tablelands: Blue Mountains National Park, 50 m SSE of Sunset Rock, off Kedumba Valley Road, off Tablelands Road, Wentworth Falls,. 33º 45´ 49˝ S, 150º 22´ 20.9˝ E, 29 Oct 2014, D. Coleby 1429 (NSW880256). Isotypes BRI, CANB, HO, MEL."
  • APC Dist.: NSW
  • Etymology: "The epithet honours the memory of Dr Elizabeth Brown (1956–2013), a research bryologist, an Epacris expert, and formerly the Scientific Editor of Telopea, who worked for nearly 24 years at the National Herbarium of New South Wales."